Occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid with pulmonary lymphangitic spread diagnosed by lung biopsy

Autor: Gregor Mikuz, Falko Fend, H. Fritzsche, J. Rothmund, G. Breitfellner, U. Gruber
Rok vydání: 1989
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Zdroj: Klinische Wochenschrift. 67(13)
ISSN: 0023-2173
Popis: Distant metastases from occult papillary carcinoma of the thyroid, which is defined as a tumor less than 15 mm in diameter, are extremely rare. A 21-year-old patient with miliary micronodular densities in both lungs is described, in whom pulmonary lymphangitic spread of occult papillary thyroid carcinoma was diagnosed by thransthoracic lung biopsy.
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